| 100% | MUTUALAID | 9 | "The radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world," per Dean Spade |
| 28% | INNIE | 5 | Term for the person at work, as opposed to the "outie" of the outside world, on the show "Severance" |
| 28% | ONE | 3 | Number of tiles per Scrabble set for the letter at the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 27% | ALTRUISM | 8 | The act of selflessly doing good things for others |
| 27% | ANTIPODAL | 9 | Relating to the other side of the world |
| 26% | RBG | 3 | Initials of the person who said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 26% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 26% | SINAI | 5 | Locale of St. Catherine's Monastery, said to be the world's oldest working monastery |
| 26% | AFRICA | 6 | Home to roughly seventeen per cent of the world’s population |
| 26% | OZZY | 4 | ___ Osbourne, artist whose song "I Don't Want to Change the World" won the 1994 Grammy for Best Metal Performance |
| 25% | ALTRUISM | 8 | Philosophy of acting for the good of others |
| 25% | EYE | 3 | With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other |
| 25% | ARSON | 5 | In criminal law, the act of intentionally setting fire to property for some improper reason |
| 25% | MIDDLEAGE | 9 | Crisis time, for some ... or a hint to each of the circled words |
| 25% | SLOVAKIA | 8 | Home of the only world capital to border two other countries |
| 24% | FINALISTINALIST | 15 | "The judges put the names of each ___ ___ for the M.C. to read" |
| 24% | BILLNYE | 7 | *"Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World" author |
| 24% | HAMMEROUTAWIN | 13 | Work really hard for victory ... and a hint to the start of 20-, 31- and 39-Across |
| 24% | OWNGOAL | 7 | Act of scoring for the opposition |
| 24% | SHOEGAZE | 8 | Genre named for the tendency of its performers to look down while playing |
| 24% | NYE | 3 | "Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World" author Bill ___ |
| 24% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ___ or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 24% | NONSTARTER | 10 | Plan that has no chance of working ... or the answer to each starred clue? |
| 24% | NYE | 3 | Bill who wrote "Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World" |
| 24% | BUILDUP | 7 | Create high expectations for, or an apt description of the first part of the answer to each starred clue |
| 24% | TEARS | 5 | ___ for Fears ("Everybody Wants to Rule the World" band) |
| 23% | LEADINGQUESTION | 15 | Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has |
| 23% | DENTISTRY | 9 | Profession of caring for the teeth |
| 23% | GIRLSCOUT | 9 | Troop member who works to make the world a better place |
| 23% | MCKINSEY | 8 | Consulting firm that advised ICE to cut spending on food and medical care for detainees, per the Times and ProPublica |